Day of the Blizzard

Day of the Blizzard PDF Author: Marietta D. Moskin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590300926
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Book Description
Eager to accomplish an errand for her sick mother, Katie braves one of New York City's severest snowstorms in history, the blizzard of 1888.

Day of the Blizzard

Day of the Blizzard PDF Author: Marietta D. Moskin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590300926
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Book Description
Eager to accomplish an errand for her sick mother, Katie braves one of New York City's severest snowstorms in history, the blizzard of 1888.

The Day of the Black Blizzard

The Day of the Black Blizzard PDF Author: Candice Ransom
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
ISBN: 1512411523
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Book Description
Ory Jenkins and his sister become stranded in the Black Sunday dust storm of April 14, 1935, and must find a way to survive.

The Blizzard

The Blizzard PDF Author: Vladimir Sorokin
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374114374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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Book Description
"In this short, surreal twist on the classic Russian novel, a doctor travels to a distant village to save its citizens from an epidemic, but a metaphysical snowstorm gets in his way"--

Blizzard

Blizzard PDF Author: John Rocco
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423178651
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Blizzard is based on John Rocco's childhood experience during the now infamous Blizzard of 1978, which brought fifty-three inches of snow to his town in Rhode Island. Told with a brief text and dynamic illustrations, the book opens with a boy's excitement upon seeing the first snowflake fall outside his classroom window. It ends with the neighborhood's immense relief upon seeing the first snowplow break through on their street. In between the boy watches his familiar landscape transform into something alien, and readers watch him transform into a hero who puts the needs of others first. John uses an increasing amount of white space in his playful images, which include a gatefold spread of the boy's expedition to the store. This book about the wonder of a winter storm is as delicious as a mug of hot cocoa by the fire on a snowy day. Praise for Super Hair-o and the Barber of Doom "With a light, humorous touch, Rocco reveals that sometimes the Kryptonite is all in your head." --Publishers Weekly "Bold, colorful pen-and-ink illustrations burst with power from each spread in comic-book style. This story will make a feel-good impression on budding comic book/superhero fans." --School Library Journal Praise for Blackout "The plot line, conveyed with just a few sentences, is simple enough, but the dramatic illustrations illuminate the story...Not all young readers will have experienced a blackout, but this engaging snapshot could easily have them wishing for one." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "The colorful pictures work beautifully with the book's design. Rocco uses comic-strip panels and a brief text to convey the atmosphere of a lively and almost magical urban landscape. Great bedtime reading for a soft summer night." --School Library Journal (starred review) 2012 Caldecott Honor BookNew York Times Notable BookWall Street Journal Best Book of the YearPublisher's Weekly Best Book of the YearSchool Library Journal Best Book of the YearKirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year -- Praise for Fu Finds the Way "Rocco's story flows smoothly and his illustrations are rich and appealing..." --Kirkus Reviews

The Children's Blizzard

The Children's Blizzard PDF Author: Melanie Benjamin
Publisher:
ISBN: 0399182284
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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Book Description
Draws on oral histories of the Great Plains blizzard of 1888 to depict the experiences of two teachers, a servant, and a reporter who risk everything to protect the children of immigrant homesteaders.

Blizzard!

Blizzard! PDF Author: Jim Murphy
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN:
Category : Blizzards
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Book Description
Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

The Children's Blizzard

The Children's Blizzard PDF Author: David Laskin
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0061866520
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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Book Description
“David Laskin deploys historical fact of the finest grain to tell the story of a monstrous blizzard that caught the settlers of the Great Plains utterly by surprise. . . . This is a book best read with a fire roaring in the hearth and a blanket and box of tissues near at hand.” — Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City “Heartbreaking. . . . This account of the 1888 blizzard reads like a thriller.” — Entertainment Weekly The gripping true story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers and cast a shadow on the promise of the American frontier. January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, the weather so mild that children walked to school without coats and gloves. But that afternoon, without warning, the atmosphere suddenly, violently changed. One moment the air was calm; the next the sky exploded in a raging chaos of horizontal snow and hurricane-force winds. Temperatures plunged as an unprecedented cold front ripped through the center of the continent. By the next morning, some five hundred people lay dead on the drifted prairie, many of them children who had perished on their way home from country schools. In a few terrifying hours, the hopes of the pioneers had been blasted by the bitter realities of their harsh environment. Recent immigrants from Germany, Norway, Denmark, and the Ukraine learned that their free homestead was not a paradise but a hard, unforgiving place governed by natural forces they neither understood nor controlled. With the storm as its dramatic, heartbreaking focal point, The Children's Blizzard captures this pivotal moment in American history by tracing the stories of five families who were forever changed that day. David Laskin has produced a masterful portrait of a tragic crucible in the settlement of the American heartland. The P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Black Blizzard

Black Blizzard PDF Author: Kristin Johnson
Publisher: Darby Creek (Tm)
ISBN: 1512427748
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Book Description
"A team's school bus breaks down in the middle of the desert after a disappointing loss at the State Championships, and a gathering dust storm threatens to turn their bus into a death trap. It will take some quick thinking to get through this!"--

City of Snow

City of Snow PDF Author: Linda Oatman-High
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802789102
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
A fictionalized account, told in free-verse poems, of a young girl's experience living through the 1888 "Great Blizzard" in New York City.

I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 (I Survived #16)

I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 (I Survived #16) PDF Author: Lauren Tarshis
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545919797
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103

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Book Description
Bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the Children's Blizzard of 1888 in this latest installment of the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling I Survived series. Eleven-year-old John Hale has already survived one brutal Dakota winter, and now he's about to experience one of the deadliest blizzards in American history. The storm of 1888 was a monster, a frozen hurricane that slammed into America's midwest without warning. Within hours, America's prairie would be buried under ten feet of snow. Hundreds would be dead, thousands terrified and lost and freezing. John never wanted to move to the wide-open prairie. He's a city kid, not a tough pioneer! But his inner strength is seriously tested when he finds himself trapped in the blinding snow, the wind like a giant crushing hammer, pounding him over and over again. Will John ever find his way home?